Minesto completes infrastructure work for Dragon 12 tidal project

Minesto announced it has completed all the infrastructure work for the Dragon 12 tidal energy project, meaning the site is now ready for power production.

Infrastructure work on this tidal energy system — at a production site offshore in Vestmannasund, Faroe Islands, Denmark – was concluded with the connection of the export cable to the foundation.

Completion of the sub-sea infrastructure included relocating the pre-installed junction box at the end of the export cable into a frame on the foundation to create the plug-and-play connection with the tether to the Dragon 12 kite.

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Activities in Vestmanna are ramping up this winter, with satisfying performance from the Dragon 4 in terms of electricity production in November and December, in parallel with the Dragon 12 system installation work.

In February 2020, Minesto signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with electric utility SEV, advancing the parties’ collaboration to integrate tidal energy in the Faroe Islands’ electricity mix. The PPA comprises the planned installations of two 100kW systems of Minesto’s subsea kite technology and an additional 2MW capacity allocated for installations of utility-scale tidal energy systems.

Originally published on hydroreview.com